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Vatican Analyst To Lecture on John Paul’s ‘Springtime’
Published September 6, 2007
Father Thomas D. Williams, LC, will present a discussion of John Paul’s “springtime,” on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Holy Spirit Preparatory School. The lecture begins promptly at 7 p.m. in the Commons Building on the Upper School campus located at 4449 Northside Drive near the intersection with Mt. Paran Road. Father Williams will be discussing […]
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Women Invited To Form Study Groups On Pope’s Letter
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
Published September 6, 2007The Pontifical Council for the Laity is encouraging the faithful worldwide to observe the 20th anniversary in 2008 of Mulieris Dignitatem, or “The Dignity of Women,” an apostolic letter by Pope John Paul II released in 1988 that encourages women in their vocations and highlights the essential feminine genius that they provide to the world. […]
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Feast Day Launches Jubilee Year Spirit At ‘Pi High’
By REBECCA RAKOCZY, Special To The Bulletin
Published September 6, 2007When George Maloof first saw St. Pius X High School in May 1958, it was still steel beams rising from Georgia red clay. Interstate 85 ended near Clairmont Road. Dairy farms dotted the landscape, and cows roamed over what would later become the football field. “I thought, ‘Lord, what have I gotten myself into?’” Maloof […]
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Pastors, Leadership Teams To Receive Report On Year 1 Of Archdiocesan Planning Process
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 6, 2007Parish leaders and priests starting this week are to hear the latest findings from the Archdiocesan Planning Committee during a series of meetings focused on the future of the Catholic Church in North Georgia. During the next weeks, the committee is to feature findings from its yearlong study and its future goals. “The really good […]
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Catholic Population Officially Leaps To 650,000
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 6, 2007The Catholic Church in North Georgia is now the 26th largest diocese in the country, falling between El Paso, Texas, and Providence, R.I. The Atlanta Archdiocese recently updated its official Catholic population figure, nearly doubling in size to 650,000 from 350,000. Leaders said the new headcount better reflects reality as the church comes to grips with […]
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Book Chronicles Love Of Atlanta Icon For Church, Art
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special To The Bulletin
Published August 23, 2007Civic, business and religious leader James J. Haverty focused his gifts and passions to help establish two Peachtree Road sanctuaries where Atlantans could experience divine inspiration and higher spiritual realities: the Cathedral of Christ the King and the High Museum of Art. This self-taught businessman, who lived from 1858 to 1939, provided financial support and […] Full Story
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St. Thomas More Society Seeks To Raise Profile
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 23, 2007Ed Konieczny has a big tent vision as the new president for the Atlanta’s St. Thomas More Society, an organization for Catholics lawyers. “My STMS colleagues are good and honorable people. Spending time with them strengthens my faith by strengthening my connection to community. I learn from them and am inspired by them, and together, […] Full Story
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Atlanta To Host Catholic Medical Conference
Published August 23, 2007
The 76th annual educational conference of the Catholic Medical Association will be held Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 4-6, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel near Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead. Founded in 1932, the CMA is open to physicians and dentists, both active and retired; nurses; medical students; allied health care professionals; clergy, Religious and seminarians; and all […]
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Local Seniors Awarded $9 Million In Scholarships
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published August 23, 2007As the recent graduates of archdiocesan Catholic schools begin to head off to college, they do so armed with an impressive amount of scholarship money—over $9 million. The 495 students who graduated in the class of 2007 at the three archdiocesan high schools—St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, and Our […] Full Story
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Families Asked To Create ‘Culture Of Vocations’
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 23, 2007Catholic families should adopt a “culture of vocations” to increase the numbers of women and men becoming sisters and priests, according to speakers at the Serra International Convention. Nearly 600 members of Serra International clubs from around the globe, meeting in Atlanta, heard bishops, Scripture scholars, and other speakers urge them to continue to support […] Full Story
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Pope Draws Young To Religious Life, Sister Says
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 23, 2007Dominican Sister Catherine Marie Hopkins flashed a quick smile and told the group of Serrans something they hadn’t heard a lot of during a weekend focused on the drop in vocations. “I bring a message of hope,” said Sister Catherine Marie. “God has not stopped calling.” In a twist, she said a way to encourage […] Full Story
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Prayer Service Offers Healing To Abuse Survivors
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 23, 2007With a gentle touch of a hand and gesturing a sign of the cross, the Catholic spiritual leader of North Georgia offered blessings for healing to the slow moving line of abuse victims, family members of victims and their advocates who filled the aisle of Christ the King Cathedral. Some 40 people attended the Monday […] Full Story
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New Archdiocesan Religious Education Director Chosen
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
Published August 23, 2007The Assumption has a special significance in the life of Dennis Johnson Jr., who began his new position as the director of the archdiocesan Office of Religious Education on this feast day. It is also the day his son, David Carlos, now 8, was baptized. In July, David Carlos was climbing the stairs in their […]
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‘Meet And Greet’ Planned For New Religious Ed Director
Published August 23, 2007
The archdiocesan Office of Religious Education will hold three open house sessions on Thursday, Sept. 6, for interested Catholics to come and meet the new director of religious education, Dennis Johnson Jr. The “meet and greet” open house sessions are set for 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 […]
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‘Scott’s Run’ Event To Aid Victimized Children
Published August 16, 2007
For the sixth year, Catholic Charities of Atlanta will host the fundraising race event called “Scott’s Run.” The 5K run and 1-mile walk will take place at the Carter Center on Saturday, Oct. 6, beginning at 8 a.m., rain or shine. Proceeds from the event will benefit Catholic Charities’ Children’s Project, a program dedicated to […] Full Story
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Bearing Witness Program Stirs Powerful Emotions
By REBECCA RAKOCZY, Special To The Bulletin
Published August 16, 2007Powerful, amazing and troubling: that’s the overall response of the 35 Catholic educators from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and dioceses of Savannah and Louisville, Ky., who participated in the first “Bearing Witness” ™ program in the Southeast held at St. Pius X High School. Created in 1996 by the Anti-Defamation League in Washington, D.C., as […] Full Story
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‘Garden Party’ To Benefit The Sullivan Center
Published August 16, 2007
Dick Williams, newspaper columnist and host of The Georgia Gang on FOX 5 will emcee “A Garden Party” fundraiser for The Sullivan Center Inc., directed by Sister Marie Sullivan, OP, which provides help with dignity to individuals and families in crisis in the Atlanta area. The gala on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 7:30 to 10:30 […] Full Story
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Superior Speaks Of Christ’s Call To Love Others
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 2, 2007PThe highest official in the Legionaries of Christ urged members of the religious congregation and its lay members to follow the Gospel message, to love in word and action. “We are called to love. We are called to love in deeds, and not just in words. We are called to love our enemies, and not […]
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Thousands Feel ‘Grace Flowing’ At National Encounter
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published August 2, 2007Joanna Brunson of Columbus had attended many religious conferences but joked she had never seen so many “people with children and strollers in (her) life.” Brunson was among the approximately 4,000 people who attended the 11th Youth and Family Encounter, organized by priests of the Legionaries of Christ and members of Regnum Christi, an apostolic […] Full Story
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Mexican Actor Shares Conversion Story, ‘Bella’ Movie
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published August 2, 2007A video shown at the 11th Youth and Family Encounter of Eduardo Veràstegui shows girls, young and old, crying over him, blowing him kisses, screaming and rushing to get near him as he greets his adoring fans. But the video changes from the frenetic pace of fandom when the Mexican actor begins to speak of […] Full Story